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Good practice guidance. SDG indicator 15.3.1, Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area. Version 2.0.

It is a revised, upgraded and improved version of Good Practice Guidance issued in 2017. The new version is more advanced in the analytical methods for calculating SDG Indicator 15.3.1, and reflects current best practice, data and knowledge. The purpose of the Guidance is to inform the work of Parties, particularly on monitoring and understanding the status of land cover, land productivity and…

Good practice guidance. SDG indicator 15.3.1, Proportion of land that is degraded over total land area. Version 2.0.
Good practice guidance for national reporting on UNCCD strategic objective 3

This Good Practice Guidance on Strategic Objective Three, to mitigate, adapt to, and manage the effects of drought in order to enhance resilience of vulnerable populations and ecosystems, was prepared to support Parties to report on the progress made towards Strategic Objective 3, which has the aim of mitigating, adapting to, and managing the effects of drought in order to enhance resilience…

Good practice guidance for national reporting on UNCCD strategic objective 3
The Value of Landscape Restoration in Uzbekistan to Reduce Sand and Dust Storms from the Aral Seabed

Central Asia experiences frequent sand and dust storms (SDS), which have been made worse by human activity. The main objective of this study is to provide an economic analysis of the benefits of afforestation of the former Aral Seabed in Uzbekistan.Proper estimation and categorization of economic benefits associated with each scenario of landscape restoration enables the Government of…

The Value of Landscape Restoration in Uzbekistan to Reduce Sand and Dust Storms from the Aral Seabed